Kids say the darnest things.

I get paid to drive kids around town. Sometimes this is a good thing and sometimes not. Often times I see a side of kids that worry me. I know they are young and have a lot to learn, but it just makes you wonder why they think the way they do.

The new phenomena is Spiderman paraphenalia. Shoes, backpacks, binders, folders, hats, underwear...you name it Spidey is on it. Kids are nuts. They show me Spiderman on their shoes all excited. "Look!!! Hey Bus Driver!!! I have SPIDERMAN!!!" like it is the real thing. Come on. 15 kids on the bus have Spiderman something or another and each of them act as if they have the real Spiderman on their stuff. Imagine this...a five year old kindergartener with a 6 foot tall Spiderman sowed to the back of his shoe!!! The real Spiderman who walks, talks, eats, poops, shoots webs and all attached to the back of a kid's backpack. Do these kids not know it is a sow on patch? or silk screen?

Kids freak out when they find out my name is Brian when they already know a Brian. It is almost as if knowing two Brian's will disable gravity and all the world will be destroyed. Today, after going through the "it is so freakin-weird that we are both named Brian" routine, some kid said, "Brian, I have a mom. I have a dad, too. Brian, do you have a dad?"